Cooking utensil.



M. A. HAYES.

COOKING UTBNSIL.

APPLIOATION IILBD APR. 11, 1911 1,022,237. Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

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Mme/17 MARY A. HAYES, 0F ILA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.

COOKING UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 11, 1911.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Serial No. 620,363.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, h/IARY A. I'IAYES, a citizen of the United States,residing at- La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CookingUtensils, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cooking utensils and has for itsobject the provision of a device for attachment to a kettle or saucepanwhich will serve to support a second pan thereabove to utilize the steamgenerated in the lower kettle or saucepan for cooking the contents ofthe upper pan.

To attain the desired object my invention comprises a cooking utensilsubstantially as illustrated in the accompanying drawing and ashereinafter described, but it will be understood that I may make anychanges in the details of said construction lying within the scope of myclaim without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my device applied to a pot orsaucepan. Fig. 2 represents a top plan view of my complete device. Fig.3 represents a bottom plan view thereof, and Fig. 4 represents avertical sectional view.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the pot or saucepan on which ismounted my device, said device comprising a ring or disk 2 having adepending peripheral flange 3 adapted to hang over the top of the pot orkettle to prevent said ring from sliding off, the ring having acountersunk central portion 4 having the circular aperture 5 therein.Mounted in the countersunk portion is the pan 6 which is thus supportedover the bottom pan, the heat and steam from the lower pan risingthrough the aperture in my device to heat the bottom of superposed pan 6and cook the contents thereof. lVhen it is desired to cook an articlecontained in a smaller pan I mount in the countersunk portion of my ring2 a second similarly shaped ring 7 having a countersunk portion 8 andthe central aperture 9, the countersunk portion 8 fitting in theaperture 5 of the first ring, while said first ring has formed thereinthe recesses 10 through which project the resilient latch members 11carried by the second ring for locking the two members together.

It will be understood that an indefinite number of the rings may beemployed according to the size of the supporting pot or pans and thesize of the other cooking utensil which is to be supported thereon.

In the drawings I have illustrated a plate 12 being solid or without thecentral apcrture to form a complete closure for the bottom of my deviceand likewise being provided with the resilient latch members 13 forsecuring it in position, but it will be understood that my set maycomprise a greatly increased number of interlocking rings and plates toadapt it to be used upon either a water kettle or upon varying sizes ofsaucepans.

WVhen it is desired to cook fruit cake or Boston brown bread. and steamthe same, I form a plurality of perforations 14 in the counter-sunkportion of the ring 7 and through which steam may pass to the bottom ofthe pan 6.

From the foregoing description it is evident that I have provided ahighly satisfactory attachment for cooking utensils which provides asectional suspension cooking outfit which will support a second cookingutensil or article to be cooked above the first, whereby I attain agreat saving of fuel and am able to cook a plurality of dishes in asatisfactory manner at but slight expense.

I claim:

The combination with a kettle, of a pair of upper and lower rings havingcountersunk portions, apertures formed in the center of eachcounter-sunk portion, recesses formed in the counter-sunk portion ofeach ring adjacent the apertures, resilient latches formed, p n the l rg and dapted to MARY A. HAYES.

engage the recesses of the counter-sunk portion of the upper ring, aplate for closing the aperture formed in the counter-sunk portion of thelower ring, resilient latches formed upon the plate and adapted toengage the last mentioned recesses, perforations formed in thecounter-sunk portion of the lower ring whereby steam from the ket-Witnesses:

L. KLEEBER, MARIE A. SIMMERLING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of ZPatents.

Washington, D. G.

